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Special Specialist Species Specimen Spectacle Spectator Specter Spectrogram Spectrum Speculate Speculum Spy Speech
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ SPECIAL     id+ | SPECIFIC  PARTICULAR |
~ SPECIALIST  id+ | EXPERT |
^u            med> in 2nd century ROME there were
                   physicians specialized in
              DENTISTRY  GYNECOLOGY  OPHTHALMOLOGY
~ SPECIES     id+ | KIND  SORT |
~ SPECIMEN    see> SKEPTIC
              id+ | TO GRASP WITH OWN EYES   sug> SPECK
     id+ A VISIBLE QUALITY                 sug> SPECTACLE
     lat  SPECERE   = TO SEE  also
                      EYE GLASSES
     gr   SKEPTOMAI   I SEE  OBSERVE
          SKOPTIKOS   SKEPTIC        sug> MICROSCOPE
     id+  TO VIEW CAREFULLY          sug> MACROSCOPIC
          SKOPOS      TO NOTE  SEE   sug> OBSERVE
     skrt SPASATI     SEER           sug> PROPHET
     ukr  SPASATY     SEER  TO SAVE  sug> SAVIOR
               hx> in ukr SPASYTEL or
                   SAVIOR is one of the
                   titles of JESUS CHRIST
~ SPECTACLE    lat SPECTARE = TO BEHOLD   sug> RESPECT
~ SPECTATOR    id+ ONE WHO LOOKS
                   as if seeking a SPECK
               sp  ESPECULO = SPECULUM         sug> SPECULATE
                   ESPEJO     MIRROR           sug> SPECTER
                   MIRAR      TO GAZE AT       sug> RETROSPECT
               ukr LUSTRO     MIRROR           sug> CIRCUMSPECT
               lat LUDUS      NOT REAL         sug> SPECULATIVE
               ukr LUD        HUMANITY
                   LYDYTY     TO ENTICE        sug> SWAY
               lat LUDIA      GLADIATOR also   sug> NOT GLAD
                              ACTRESS          sug> PLAY
                   LUDICER    SPORT            sug> LUDICROUS
                   LUDIO      PUPPET PLAYER    sug> TOY
               sp  LIDIA      STRUGGLE         sug> SCRAMBLE
               ply> | SINCE THE GLADIATORS MANY SPORTS ARE
                      FAKE STRUGGLES OR A FARCE FOR
               SPECTATORS BY SPECULATING ACTORS |
               ply> | A SPECULUM MAY HELP SPECULATORS SPECULATE |
               ply> | SPECTACLES AND SPECTERS CAN BE
                      SPECULATED ABOUT |
~ SPECTER      lat SPECTRUM and plural SPECTRA = AN APPEARANCE or
                   APPARITION  ILLUSION  MIRAGE  DELUSION
~ SPECTROGRAM  IMAGE OF A SPECTER
~ SPECTRUM     VARIETY  RANGE  EXTENT  REALM
               med> EACH DISEASE PRESENTS A SPECTRUM OF SYMPTOMS
                    SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS THAT TEND TO
                "RUN TOGETHER" CONSTITUTE SYNDROMES
                in lat DROMOS = TO RUN             sug> PRODROME
                ply> | using a SPECULUM or obtaining
                       a SPECTROGRAM is better than the
                SPECTACLE of SPECULATING about the
                SPECTER of syndromes |
~ SPECULATE     lat SPECULARI = TO VIEW or
                    MEDITATE  CONSIDER  CONTEMPLATE
~ SPECULUM      in lat = MIRROR
                med> INSTRUMENT TO VIEW A CAVITY
                hx> VAGINAL SPECULA WERE WIDELY
                    USED DURING THE ROMAN EMPIRE
~ SPY    MONITOR  EXPLORE  SNOOP  SCOUT ***
         implies secrecy
  ital   SPIA   = SPY
  ukr    SHPION   idem
  old fr ESPIER   SPY
  id+ | A WAR SPY IS TREATED AS AN OUTCAST OF THE
        MILITARY see> CASTE and if captured is treated
        not as a see> KNIGHT
        nor as a sug> WARRIOR
        but as a see> CRIMINAL |
  see> SIR  see> KNIGHT  see> CHIVALRY
  ply> | a SPY WITH A SPECULUM may lead to a
         SUSPICIOUS SPECULATIVE SPECTACLE or may
  become a MIRROR prompting others to
  MEDITATE or CONTEMPLATE a SPECTACULAR SPECTRUM
  as grand as an EXPECTANT SPECTER |
  note SPECTRE  SPECTRUM  SPECULATOR  ASPECT  CIRCUMSPECT
       CONSPICUOUS  DESPICABLE  DESPISE  DESPITE  EXPECT
  EXPECTANT  EXPECTATIVE  INSPECT  PERSPECTIVE  PERSPICACY
  PROSPECT  PROSPECTUS  RESPECT  RESPECTABLE  RESPITE
  RETROSPECT  SUSPECT  SUSPICION  ESPIONAGE  SPY


~ SPEECH  id+ VOCAL LANGUAGE as per VOICE COMMUNICATION
          id+ SPOKEN WORDS ARE EASY TO CREATE
              IT MAY BE A FANTASY or FANTASTIC
              BUT IT IS A REALITY
              IMPOSSIBLE TO RETRIEVE
              "WHAT IS SPOKEN"  IS    FATAL
  myth> see>   THE FATES         sug> FAIRY
  lat   FATE   = WHAT IS SPOKEN  see> FATAL FATE
        FARI     SPEAK           sug> FABLE
        FANTEM   SPEAKING        see> FANTASY
  gr    PHEME    VOICE           see> FEMININE
        PHASIS   SPEECH          see> PHONEME
        PHONE    SOUND           sug> PHONETICS
  eng   FAERIE   ENCHANTMENT     sug> FAMILY
        FAIRY    PANSY  SISSY    see> FEMININE
  med> APHASIA   NO SPEECH       see> FAMILY
  myth> POLYPHEMUS was a ONE EYED GIANT
        encountered by Odysseus
  biol> A SILKWORM NAMED IN MEMORY OF POLYPHEMUS
        IT HAS AN EYE LIKE SPOT ON ITS HIND WINGS
  ply> | FABULOUS FABLES for INFANTS may be full of
         EUPHEMISMS and discuss disgusting NEPHARIOUS
  or NEFARIOUS PROPHETS PROFESSORS USING TELEPHONES to
  CONFABULATE in DEFAMATORY FANTASIES regarding
  PHONY ANTHEMS |
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